by Mary Carver | Oct 8, 2014 | Faith Life, Family Life, parenting
Today is my daughter’s birthday. This girl … This girl is amazing. She’s so smart (and sometimes smart-mouthed). She’s kind and quirky and funny (although her recent discovery of knock-knock jokes leaves much to be desired). She wants to be a...
by Mary Carver | Oct 6, 2014 | Family Life, parenting
It’s well documented around these parts that Mondays pretty much never go as planned. [Ever.] This one was no different. I forgot until Sunday afternoon that today was a teacher work day. In other words, no school. In other words, I got to spend all day with...
by Mary Carver | Sep 2, 2014 | Family Life, parenting
This summer Annalyn started saying the worst thing. I’m not referring to her sass-mouth that just about puts me over the edge in approximately 3.7 seconds. No, I’m talking about this phrase: “I’m not good at this.” She’s said this...
by Mary Carver | Aug 12, 2014 | Faith Life, Family Life, Home Life, parenting, recipes & food
We have a snack problem at our house. Namely, we like them too much. And by “we,” I mostly mean my six-year-old, but she learned it from me. [Cue the commercial flashback now: “I learned it from watching you, okay?!”] Given the choice between...
by Mary Carver | Mar 7, 2014 | Books, Movies & TV, Family Life, parenting
Last fall our whole family counted down the days until our cell phone contract was up. Mark and I were excited to get new phones that, you know, WORKED. And Annalyn was excited to get my hand-me-down phone that, you know, mostly DIDN’T WORK. Before we made the...
by Mary Carver | Feb 19, 2014 | Faith Life, Family Life, parenting
Few people understood the complicated feelings I had about having a baby after delivering a premature baby the first time around as well as my friend JessieLeigh, who also delivered a little girl more than 16 weeks early. Please welcome her as she shares a bit of what...
